Assessing sedation need and managing referred dentally anxious patients: is there a role for the Index of Sedation Need?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Assessing sedation need and managing referred dentally anxious patients

T2 - is there a role for the Index of Sedation Need?

AU - Yuan, S.

AU - Carson, S. J.

AU - Rooksby, M.

AU - McKerrow, J.

AU - Lush, C.

AU - Freeman, R.

PY - 2015/12/18

Y1 - 2015/12/18

N2 - Aim: To conduct an exploratory investigation of Public Dental Service (PDS) practitioners’ planned sedation modality using a structural equation modelling approach in order to identify the explanatory value of using the Index of Sedation Need (IOSN) or its component parts to predict sedation modality in patients referred with dental anxiety. 

AB - Aim: To conduct an exploratory investigation of Public Dental Service (PDS) practitioners’ planned sedation modality using a structural equation modelling approach in order to identify the explanatory value of using the Index of Sedation Need (IOSN) or its component parts to predict sedation modality in patients referred with dental anxiety. 

U2 - 10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.955

DO - 10.1038/sj.bdj.2015.955

M3 - Article

C2 - 26679136

SN - 0007-0610

VL - 219

SP - 571

EP - 576

JO - British Dental Journal

JF - British Dental Journal

IS - 12

ER -